Originally Posted by
Old Yeller
I'll keep doing what I was doing. WD-40 has not failed me. Our basement is pretty dry due to being 3/4 finished along with dehumidifier. Our neighborhood is pretty darn safe and not too many people around here even care about an old fashioned steel bike .
Changing temperatures in the garage will cause condensation on the metal. Hopefully the basement stays about the same temp. Basements can be very dry, or very damp. Usually the furnace running in the winter will keep that room relatively dry. But can't really know from here. One indication of a dry cellar would be that you don't need to use the dehumidifier in the winter.
I have a "Rolling Rock Beer" Cruiser by Schwinn. I covered it with wd-40 one winter. 1) It has stickers on it (not water transfer decals) about the beer etc. The wd-40 melted the glue on the stickers. The first time I wiped something off I damaged some of the stickers. The others seem OK now. NO wd-40 on it for the last few years.